HomeMy WebLinkAboutA001 - Council Action Form dated June 14, 1994 COUNCIL ACTION FORM
Item #
Date: .dune 14. 1994
SUBJECT: Ordinance changing the wording of Section 28.202 of the Municipal Code
of the City of Ames, Iowa, to remove the fee for connection to the water main from
Section 28.202 and instead refer to the fee schedule as it appears in Appendix F.
BACKGROUND:
Section 28.202 of the Municipal Code of the City of Ames, Iowa, establishes a fee for
connection to the water main. This section of the code contains language that explicitly
states the fee: ". . . a charge to be computed at the rate of $6.50 per lineal foot of the
property served by and adjacent to the main, with a minimum charge of four hundred
and twenty-two dollars and fifty cents ($422.50) per lot or land parcel, . . ."
In July 1993 the fee for connection to the water main was amended by resolution to
$10.00 per lineal foot. This change was reflected in Appendix F of the Code. However,
the explicit wording in Section 28.202 was not changed to agree with this amended fee
schedule.
At this time, therefore, the explicit wording of Section 28.202 must be removed and new
wording used so that Section 28.202 of the Municipal Code of the City of Ames, Iowa,
and the Appendix F of the Municipal Code of the City of Ames are consistent. Section
28.202 as amended, then, will remove the fee from this section and refer to the fee
schedule contained in Appendix F. The change also will delete a redundant reference
to the minimum connection charge which is already stated in Appendix F.
ALTERNATIVES:
1 . Amend the Municipal Code of the City of Ames, Iowa, by repealing Section
28.202 as it now exists and enacting a new Section 28.202 to remove the fee
from the ordinance and refer to the fee schedule in Appendix F.
2. Do nothing. This would allow Section 28.202 of the Municipal Code of the City of
Ames, Iowa and Appendix F of the Code to conflict with respect to the fee for
connection to the water main.
CAF - Section 28.202
June 14, 1994
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MANAGER'S RECOMMENDED ACTION:
It is recommended by the City Manager that the City Council adopt alternative number
one above, thereby repealing Section 28.202 of the Municipal Code of the City of
Ames, Iowa, as it now exists and enacting a new Section 28.202 to remove the water
connection fee from the ordinance and instead refer to the fee schedule as it appears in
Appendix F.
COUNCIL ACTION: